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Direct to Consumer Advertising Confronts Managed Care

01 May 1995

Executive Summary

DTC advertising of prescription drugs is becoming more accepted by physicians, patients, and manufacturers but still represents only a small proportion of the money pharmaceutical companies spend on promotion. Some argue that DTC could be a natural fit with disease management programs but neither advertisers nor managed care have figured out a way to make it work for both because of naturally conflicting goals.